I was wondering, does anyone check the thickness of the gold plating anymore. Years ago, working at another large company, we saw quite a bit of cheating on this. Trust but verity. Dwight
________________________________ From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Dennis Boone via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 8:46 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: GW-DEC-1: A New DEC Prototyping Board > I've gotten the distinct impression that US board houses really are > only interested in government/military/aerospace work. I've often > wondered what it would take to set up a modern "no human interaction" > line and if one could be even a little competitive with the Chinese > on it. Based on a couple of youtube videos I've seen in the last year (sorry, don't have links), I'm not sure it's entirely fair to describe the Chinese board house process as "no human interaction". I mean, sure, web form submission, but they seem to have a lot of "engineers" checking designs, and factory workers, and... De